Our forestry division at Strutt & Parker have an outstanding reputation as forestry and woodland specialists throughout the UK. We offer a range of professional forestry services including sales brokerage, woodland and asset management, valuation and buyside advisory to a well-established and expanding client base.
We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to help expand an increasingly important asset management department within our business. In this role you will lead the Asset Management department in the midlands. Ideally you will have the confidence and the ability to lead a department in expanding this important area of focus for our business.
Responsibilities
Managing forestry properties from planning planting and restock sites
Supporting with the application of grant and other support packages
Contractor supervision (planting, weeding, fertilising, beating up etc), timber harvesting contracting and oversight
To act as principal asset manager of client’s forestry properties throughout England
To expand the asset management base over a period of time to create recurring fee income driven by excellent client service
To assist the Registered Valuer with forestry valuations and property portfolios, to include site work, valuation preparation and draft presentation
To identify investment opportunities for forest/planting land acquisitions and to present investment recommendations to clients
To support and develop additional forest management client work
Maintain a strong client base in Scotland and north England, and have the confidence to communicate clearly with them as required
Ability to deliver afforestation projects through to harvesting contracts for clients, and report appropriately
To prepare annual budgets, present recommendations, and to deliver the budget on behalf of clients and advise on forest manager selection for a client’s property
Person specification
- Experience of providing forest and asset management for clients
- Knowledge and understanding of developing carbon and natural capital markets
- Capable of building relationships with existing and new clients and generating new opportunities
- Good time management, ability to prioritise workloads and ability to meet deadlines
- Able to analyse forest data and produce valuations and cash flows for internal purposes and client presentations
- Excellent communication skills - must be capable of building and maintaining good relationships with team members, other colleagues and clients.
- Confident manner with clients and the team including the wider S&P/BNPRE teams
- An understanding of confidentiality issues and the use of discretion
Qualifications:
- Ideally member of or working towards membership of ICF
- Formal forestry qualification, ideally degree level
Experience
- Minimum of five years working in the forest industry/land management
- Positive attitude and enthusiasm is essential
- Proficient in the use of Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- An interest in the rural economy and the countryside equally important
We are proud to offer award-winning benefits to support and reward our employees:
• Health & Leisure: Private medical cover, 27 days annual leave + public holidays (the option of purchasing up to 5 additional days via flex benefits), health screening, gym discounts, wellbeing support, volunteering opportunities, cycle to work scheme, eye care voucher, travel & retail discounts, travel insurance, concierge service, kids pass, open fairways golf card, great company culture and social events (including sports teams, charity events, art pass), perks at work
• Financial: Pension, company car allowance, life assurance at 8 x basic salary, group income protection (long term disability insurance), interest free season ticket loan, bonus scheme - you will be eligible to participate in the Company’s Bonus Scheme, share incentive plan, financial and mortgage advice
Strutt and Parker is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, colour, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.
